Reviews for Wayback Machine
Wayback Machine by Internet Archive
Review by Firefox user 14879842
Rated 2 out of 5
by Firefox user 14879842, 3 years agoSame issue as everyone else. You *cannot* throw a splash screen in my face every time a page fails to load properly. Have some respect for your user base - if someone is familiar with the Wayback Machine and chooses to install this extension, chances are they know how to navigate to the archive for dead pages via the widget! Please add a toggle. This is an issue I would have expected the Archive Team of all groups to be savvy to.
My primary reason for downloading was to be able to quickly save websites and contribute to the archive. While this extension makes that slightly more convenient, I would recommend that anyone seeking similar functionality just memorize this to prepend to the address of whichever page you want to save: "https://web.archive.org/save/". If you're more interested in the other function, you can instead prepend "https://web.archive.org/web/*/".
Other people have suggested that the page-down screens be converted into banners, and while this would be a huge improvement, I would really like to be able to disable all popups regardless of "intrusiveness." Again, this seems like something you guys would be sensitive to! I can't understand why it's designed this way.
My primary reason for downloading was to be able to quickly save websites and contribute to the archive. While this extension makes that slightly more convenient, I would recommend that anyone seeking similar functionality just memorize this to prepend to the address of whichever page you want to save: "https://web.archive.org/save/". If you're more interested in the other function, you can instead prepend "https://web.archive.org/web/*/".
Other people have suggested that the page-down screens be converted into banners, and while this would be a huge improvement, I would really like to be able to disable all popups regardless of "intrusiveness." Again, this seems like something you guys would be sensitive to! I can't understand why it's designed this way.
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- Rated 4 out of 5by Jeddostotle7, 3 months agoVery good, very crucial addon, but after the Wayback Machine came fully back up into service in the wake of the outage, this extension's "Save Page Now" functionality has been spotty. Frequently tells me "Error: you need to be logged in to use 'Save Page Now'", despite the fact I am logged into the extension (and yes I did try logging out and logging back in, and this is after resetting my passwords on my Archive accounts).
EDIT: apparently this is a problem on the server API end, which is being looked into currently. - Rated 5 out of 5by PlanetaryFalls4465, 3 months ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Ventolinmono, 4 months agoEssential addon for preserving a free and open internet for future generations!
- Rated 5 out of 5by K Naresh, 4 months ago